Shen Wantang was reborn and returned to the first year when she married Gu Xiuyuan.
In her previous life, she was the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Guo. In order to help him seize the throne, she exhausted the power of her mother's family and personally helped Gu Xiuyuan from a fallen prince to a dragon throne. But on the day of the enthronement ceremony, what awaited him was not a phoenix crown, but a glass of poisonous wine. Her concubine Shen Rushuang nestled in Gu Xiuyuan's arms and watched her bleeding from all her orifices: "Sister, you are too jealous to tolerate others, and the emperor can't help it." Her blood dyed the hem of his dragon robe red, but he didn't even give her a look.
When I opened my eyes again, the red candle was shining brightly, and my hijab was still on. Gu Xiuyuan's cold voice came from outside the tent: "Since you are married, you should keep to yourself. Don't ask about who I have in mind."
Shen Wantang clenched the apple in his hand tightly, his knuckles turning white. In her last life, she was too "settled", so settled that she took hundreds of lives from her mother clan.
This time, she smiled and lifted her hijab: "What the prince said is true. It's just——"
She raised her eyes, her eyes moving: "I don't care who the prince has in my heart. But I don't care who the prince has in my heart."
Gu Xiuyuan was stunned. The woman who was submissive and looked at him in her previous life now had a cold light in her eyes that he had never seen before.
That night, Shen Wantang didn't cry or fuss, but quietly figured out three things -
First, it is okay to help Gu Xiuyuan ascend the throne, but the one who holds the throne must be hers.
Second, the concubine wants to marry in? Okay, come in and be a slave.
Third, in this life, she is not a stepping stone, she wants to be a chess player.
From then on, he worked step by step, helping his concubine to seize military power, winning over Gu Xiuyuan's mortal enemy, and turning the Duke's mansion into a chess game.
